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Longs Drug Stores Corporation Reports Second Quarter Results
Date:8/20/2008

WALNUT CREEK, Calif., Aug. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Longs Drug Stores Corporation (NYSE: LDG) today reported preliminary income from continuing operations for the second quarter ended July 31, 2008 of $27.5 million, or $0.76 per diluted share, including $0.7 million of after-tax charges, or $0.02 per diluted share, related to provisions for store closures and asset impairments and legal reserves, a 6.8 percent increase compared with income from continuing operations for the second quarter ended July 26, 2007 of $25.7 million, or $0.67 per diluted share.

Second Quarter

Income

Income from continuing operations for the second quarter ended July 31, 2008 was $27.5 million, or $0.76 per diluted share, a 6.8 percent increase compared with income from continuing operations for the second quarter ended July 26, 2007 of $25.7 million, or $0.67 per diluted share. Results for the quarter ended July 31, 2008 included $0.7 million of after-tax charges, or $0.02 per diluted share, related to provisions for store closures and asset impairments and legal reserves.

Revenues

Total revenues of $1.33 billion for the thirteen weeks ended July 31, 2008 were 4.6 percent higher than the $1.27 billion reported for the thirteen weeks ended July 26, 2007.

Retail drug store sales increased 0.5 percent to $1.20 billion for the thirteen weeks ended July 31, 2008. Same-store sales decreased 1.1 percent with pharmacy same-store sales decreasing 0.6 percent and front-end same-store sales decreasing 1.6 percent. Pharmacy sales were 51.6 percent of retail drug store sales during the period, compared with 51.3 percent a year ago.

Pharmacy benefit services revenues increased 66.3 percent to $131.3 million from $79.0 million
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